Livestock

Britain’s next generation of farmers are overwhelmingly positive about how the industry will fare in the 2020s, exclusive Farmers Guardian research has revealed.

The Welsh Conservatives have set out plans to split the Environment and Rural Affairs Department if they win power at the next Assembly election in May 2021.

Number 10 has already removed environmental commitments from the EU Withdrawal Agreement, which does not bode well for the protection of food standards over the coming years, says Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East.

The Agriculture Bill needs major reform if farming is to thrive in Brexit Britain, says Leicestershire arable and beef farmer Joe Stanley in an open letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

There have been a lot of challenges for farmers over the past 10 years, but they have left us battle-hardened and ready to take on the world, not battle-weary and cowered, says NFU deputy president Guy Smith.

What started off as a business selling lambs to teachers, has developed into a successful direct sales business for Robert David and further expansion is on the cards.

BIDDING peaked at 2,500 in Gisburn’s last dairy sale of 2019 which attracted a record number of pedigree entries.

The Tenant Farmers’ Association (TFA) has accused ex-Defra adviser Professor Sir Ian Boyd of lying, after he claimed livestock farmers were being paid by the Government to damage the environment.

Wilfred Emmanuel – Jones, also known as ‘The Black Farmer’, was among those in food and farming to be recognised in the Queen’s New Years 2020 Honours list.